Heroic By Nature, Cowardly By Convenience

12,000 people, including some 900 children, live in a poor, nameless area between a prison and a private school. An effort is underway to provide critical services for them. (Video via Ursula Forrest)

Sometimes a woman's greatest support comes from the men in her life. Meet Sam and his mother Agnes Lukudu, the first female governor in Sudan. He says her strength and ability to support both their family and her country has been a constant inspiration.

Maria Shriver shares a personal message in celebration of her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who sought hope and acceptance for people with intellectual disabilities. (Video via Special Olympics)

A small company in North Carolina is changing the way textiles are produced. (Video courtesy csnow)